Bale-tie.



C. F. MOORE.

BALE TIE.

APPLICATION HLED FEB. 21. 1918.

Patented Sept. 10, 1918.

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CARL FOSTER MOORE, OF CUSHING, OKLAHOMA.

BAILE-TIE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept. 10, 1918.

Application led February 27,1918. Serial No. 219,416.

i zen of the United States, and a resident of Cushing, in the county of Payne and State of Oklahoma, have made certain new and useful Improvements in Bale-Ties, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates generally to bale ties, and more particularly to a bale tie buckle, my primary object being the provision of a simple, inexpensive buckle which will be effective and efficient in use, and which may be manufactured from a single piece of material bent to form.

A further object of my invention is the provision of a buckle of this type bent from a single length of material, in the bending of which all acute angles may be avoided s0 as to obviate danger of crystallization of the metal.

In the accompanying drawing which illustrates several possible forms of my invention Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of a complete bale, illustrating the practical application of my invention.

Fig. 2 is a detailed perspective view of my invention, illustrating the same in position in use with the crimped end of the tie band.

Fig. 3 is a detailed perspective view of my improved buckle, as manufactured in the first instance.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view through my invention in its position in use.

Fig. 5 is a detailed perspective view of a slightly modified form, and,

Fig. 6 is a similar view of another slightly modified form.

Referring now to these figures, my improved bale tie includes a tie band 10, as seen in Fig. 1, the ends of which are joined by a buckle generally indicated at 11 in this figure, and 1n the use of which buckle one end of the tie band 10 is doubled back upon itself for some distance, as seen at 12, in Fig. 2, the opposite free end or extremity 13 of the band extending throuk h a portion of the buckle and terminating eneath the same with an angularly crimped portion 14, which assists in holding the band tightly in proper position, and which is brought about by virtue of the particular construction of the buckle to be now described.

Referring now particularly to igs. 3, 4

and 5, illustrating slightly modified forms of the buckle, it will be noted that in each instance it is generally of S-shape, and that it is formed of a single section of material, the extremities of which are terminated adjacent to one another at a point approximately at the center of one of its end loops.

Thus with particular reference to Fig. 3, the section of material is bent to form one complete closed end loop 15, the extremities 16 and 17 terminating in spaced opposing relation approximately at the center of the other loop, with the intermediate extensions 18 and 19 crossing one another between the two loops, so that longitudinal strain will have a tendency to draw the extremities 16 and 17 toward one another.

In the form shown in Fig. 5, this same construction is substantially carried out, in so far as the end loop 15a and the crossed intermediate extensions 18a and 19"L are concerned, the extremities 16a and 17a being, however, in this case, slightly lapped.

In the form shown in Fig. 6, the single section of material is bent to form one complete end loop 15" and its intermediate portions 18b and 19b are bent around one another, reverting to the same side of the other end loop at an approximately central point of which the free extremities 16b and 17b terminate in spaced opposing relation, as in the construction shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

In each of these forms, the free extremities of the material approximately central of one of the end loops are bent or curved out of the plane of the opposite end loop, as may be seen particularly by reference to Fig. 4, so that after the tie band has been properly associated with the buckle and the extremity 13 of the said band passed through the loop adjacent the free extremities of the buckle, the natural expansive pressure of the bale will force the buckle to bend or crimp the extremity of the band, as at 14, in Figs. 2 and 4, so that with the free extremity 13 of the band beneath the intermediate portions of the buckle, and the crimped portion 14 of the band engaged against one end of the buckle, the band will be lirmly and effectively held against displacement.

In use, one end of the bale band 10 is passed through the end loop 15, and its extremity 12 doubled back thereon between the band 10 and the bale it surrounds, and with the buckle outstanding at an angle With rcspect to the bale, the free end 1,3 0f the band is passed through the opposite endY loop as far as possibleQandV the buckle then -Will act as a lever to bend or crimp the bale band extremity 13, as indicated at 14 in Figs. 2 and 4C, for the purposes above stated.

It is to be understood that either of the constructions shown in Figs. 3 and 6 may have their extremities lapped as indicated in Fig. 5, and that the construction, articularly that of Figs. 2, 3 and 5 obvlates all abrupt bends and angles such as might be calculated to promote crystallization of the metal in the manufacture of the buckle.

It is obvious that the buckle is extremely I S-shape, and one of the opposite/end loops of which is bent out of the plane lof the other end loop, for the purpose described.

CARL 'F(V)STFJR MOORE.

Witnesses: f

1H., KENNEY, H. M. FOSTER.

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